On a quiet farm tucked into Norway’s mountains, everyday work paused for a careful check beneath the ground. The land had ...
Hidden for six centuries, the largest known medieval cargo ship, known as a cog, has been uncovered off the coast of ...
Most stories of the Vikings and their gods focus on men. It’s time for the women to take centre stage: from giantesses to bad ...
The combination of filigree and granulation techniques arrived in Norway during the early Middle Ages from the Byzantine Empire, partly via Carolingian goldsmithing traditions. The Carolingian period, ...
Over breakfast, a debate begins: is this a cruise or a ferry? Delicious meals, viewing lounge and other luxuries on one hand, ...
In October, Professor Judith Jesch of the University of Nottingham’s Centre for the Study of the Viking Age led a group of 20 runologists from Scandinavia, Britain and Germany to study Orkney’s ...
In October, Professor Judith Jesch of the University of Nottingham’s Centre for the Study of the Viking Age led a group of 20 ...
The year's most exciting discoveries included the site where a young George Washington stopped a friendly fire incident, the ...
The Vikings were far from a monolithic group. The Danes, Norwegians, and Swedes each brought something different to the table ...
There are houses of all styles, train stations, castles, farms, cable cars and soccer fields. Welcome to Bergen, Norway – in ...
Archaeologists digging beneath a remote mountain farm in Norway have uncovered four Viking silver bracelets buried for over 1 ...
A routine metal-detecting outing along Norway’s central coast has led to the discovery of a rare and striking Viking Age grave, offering insight into burial practices in the area that took place more ...